Example sentences of "can [adv] [vb infin] at [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With open-loop control even lightly-loaded motors can rarely operate at speeds of more than 10000 steps per second and therefore the microprocessor need only issue a step command every 0.1 ms . |
| 2 | I can only laugh at Rachel now . |
| 3 | Some people love the excitement of the most innovative styles in furnishings ; others can only feel at home in settings with a warm traditional feeling or a breath of country air . |
| 4 | We know that it can only oscillate at frequencies which correspond to the fundamental note and its overtones . |
| 5 | ‘ We can only guess at Allan Lamb 's motives in the Daily Mirror , but we hope they are nothing so base as money or , even worse , our nationality . ’ |
| 6 | We can only guess at Allan Lamb 's motives for his article in the Daily Mirror , but we hope that they are nothing so base as money or even worse our nationality . |
| 7 | The duppy can only operate at night and will expect a reward on returning to its grave . |
| 8 | Steve Powell , who plays for the away team said : ‘ Obviously , the prison team can only play at home but they are anxious to play more friendly matches . ’ |
| 9 | I can only compose at night , so that I ca n't get up early as well ; besides , one is not always in the mood for working . |
| 10 | Mandale Harrier Shaun Purcell , runner-up in the Cleveland Schools Championships , has been told he can not compete at Bristol next month because he missed the annual School InterCounties with a flu virus . |
| 11 | Clearly , children can not speak at birth , but Chomsky wishes to credit them with two distinct kinds of knowledge . |
| 12 | Sometimes girls are there because they are very young or they are homeless , sometimes it is because their parents can not cope at home with the responsibility for them and a newborn baby , and in other cases a home takes in and assesses girls whose ability to look after their baby is in question . |
| 13 | It has shown itself all at once , she can not remain at home for very much longer . ’ |
| 14 | I can not sleep at night … my heart is weak … my feet are heavy … |
| 15 | If you can not sleep at night , your doctor will give you a potion to bring on artificial sleep . |
| 16 | He wrote : ‘ I can not sleep at night . |
| 17 | The patient may try to use his ‘ good ’ side to compensate for the affected side of his body which he can not move at will . |
| 18 | Also until such time as a creditor has lodged a proof of debt , he can not vote at meetings of creditors . |
| 19 | Baker coupled his recommendation with expressions of support for the " courageous people " of the Baltic states , and a warning to the Soviet leadership that " perestroika can not succeed at gunpoint " . |
| 20 | Speaking in public , as he can not do at home , Mr Sisulu said that this weekend 's conference in South Africa called by the Mass Democratic Movement to bring together all anti-apartheid forces was likely to call for intensified economic sanctions . |
| 21 | He said there are parts of Britain including Leicester , Bradford and East London where ‘ you can not feel at home ’ and warned of a ‘ tidal wave of North Africans poised to flood into the UK . ’ |
| 22 | We can not nibble at quantum theory . |
| 23 | Because we want to take as many voluntary redundancies and early retirements as possible , and with employee turnover still at a relatively high six per cent per year , we can not say at present just where and when the jobs will go . |
| 24 | Though we can not look at things from all points of view at once , we can at least learn not to pretend that we are doing so . |
| 25 | Here in the fresh air , I can not look at Enid . |
| 26 | I can not expand at present . |
| 27 | ‘ I 'm also pleased that I now have a style I can easily recreate at home . |
| 28 | You can always buy at auction later . |
| 29 | Dropping hankies is out and we can hardly leer at gentlemen from behind our fans , can we ? |
| 30 | You can probably stay at places that are older than anything in Australia — older than Australia itself . |